eucryptite

eucryptite
/yooh krip"tuyt/, n.
a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSiO4, occurring in colorless to white hexagonal crystals: used as a source of lithium.
[EU- + CRYPT(O)- + -ITE1]

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